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The Edmonton Oilers will play their first regular-season game in September when they begin the 2026-27 season at home against the Vancouver Canucks. For the first time since 1993 and 1994, the NHL will play an 84-game schedule this season, and beyond, and the league wanted to start the season a bit earlier to avoid…
In this series, Heavy Sports is looking at what every NHL team has done over the offseason. Next up is the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers had a disappointing season for their standards last year as they were eliminated in round one of the postseason by the Anaheim Ducks. This resulted in general manager Stan Bowman […] The post Series: Edmonton Oilers Offseason Recap appeared first on HEAVY .
We learned on Wednesday that the Vancouver Canucks would open their 2026-27 National Hockey League regular season with a home and home set against the Edmonton Oilers. On Thursday, we learned the rest of the story as the league released full 84-game schedules for all 32 teams. Any analysis of a full schedule has…
Get those travel rewards points ready, hockey fans, because the National Hockey League released its 2026-27 schedule Thursday. This year marks the first since the 1993-94 season in which the league played 84 games, and for NHL teams, that means after years of facing some division rivals four times a year and others three, there…
On Wednesday, the NHL announced home opener dates for all 32 NHL teams. For the Vancouver Canucks, it’s going to be back-to-back matchups with the Edmonton Oilers. The first one goes down in Edmonton on September 29th, before the two clubs meet again on October 1st for the Canucks’ home opener at Rogers Arena. …
The 2026-27 NHL Season will be especially revealing for the Edmonton Oilers. They’ll either hoist the Stanley Cup in June or completely fall apart before the playoffs start. A lot…
On Wednesday, The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler released the 2026 edition of his annual NHL goalie prospect rankings. Featured on the list this summer is newly acquired Edmonton Oilers goaltender Devon Levi. The Canadian goaltender landed at #11 in the top 20 ranking, with Wheeler writing: Levi’s pro career hasn’t lived up to the pedigree he…
The Edmonton Oilers enter the 2026-27 NHL season with a reshaped roster built around Connor McDavid after their disappointing playoff exit. The projected lineup offers an early look at how the team plans to integrate its offseason additions while chasing…
The Edmonton Oilers vowed to make changes this offseason, and they certainly have. Management has replaced Kris Knoblauch with Mike Babcock, traded Darnell Nurse, walked away from Connor Ingram, signed…
The Edmonton Oilers got their final big checklist item done last weekend, signing restricted free agent Colton Dach to a two-year contract. The deal is solid for both sides, giving Edmonton a chance to get a second year on the deal, and for Dach, who sees a raise from $825,000 to $1.2 million annually. Dach…
With the 2026 NHL Draft behind us, let's take a look back at some of the greatest selections in NHL history. In this piece, we will name the greatest draft pick of all time from each of the 32 NHL teams. However, to make this a bit more difficult, we will only include names who […]
Connor Ungar got in his miles last season. The Edmonton Oilers prospect netminder played all over the United States, including a stunning sequence of starts for the Bakersfield Condors. What’s the key to playing for four different teams in one season? “Just try and stop the puck,” said Ungar during Oilers Development Camp. “Your teammates…
It’s hard to believe two years have already passed since the infamous “Summer of Jeff” in Edmonton. A time when the hockey world collectively praised Jeff Jackson for his work as interim GM of the Edmonton Oilers. Jackson’s moves that offseason were universally celebrated. But it wasn’t long before the fans and analysts were proven…
The Edmonton Oilers will open their 2026-27 season welcoming a familiar foe to Rogers Place: the Vancouver Canucks. And for the Oilers, they will kick off the season on Sept. 29, the earliest start to a season in franchise history. Puck drop is set for 8 p.m. MT. It’s all part of a doubleheader opening…
The NHL has revealed its opening-night schedule for the 2026-27 season, featuring a five-game slate that includes marquee matchups featuring the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs. The expanded 84-game regular season begins Tuesday, Sept. 29, with national broadcasts across…
This season, it seems like the Edmonton Oilers could either win it all or completely fall apart. Despite a summer of change, controversy and question marks, here’s a look at…
Despite having a handful of flaws, one thing Darnell Nurse never shied away from was protecting his teammates. On July 1, Darnell Nurse’s 12-year tenure with the Edmonton Oilers came to an end, as they shipped him off to the San Jose Sharks for Shakir Mukhamadullin and prospect Zack Sharp. Over those 12 years, Nurse…
The Edmonton Oilers sending Darnell Nurse to the San Jose Sharks was not only a shift on their back end, but a changing of their team culture. The long-time defenceman…
Frederik Andersen ended up in Edmonton , but he very nearly landed somewhere else entirely. Per Elliotte Friedman, there was a strong belief that Andersen would sign with the Florida Panthers before they pivoted and acquired Jacob Markstrom instead. That shift opened the door for the Oilers to step in and secure the veteran goaltender on a one-year, incentive-laden deal. How Edmonton Landed Him The Panthers entered the offseason with a big need in net. Sergei Bobrovsky was heading toward free ...
Two Edmonton Oilers projected to be in their bottom six next season were involved in the same trade tree. Well, kind of. One of those players, Max Jones, was traded to the Oilers before the 2025 trade deadline. As for the other player, Mathieu Joseph, he found his way to the Oilers by signing a…
Colton Dach is spending the summer taking faceoffs and working on his 200-foot game in preparation for next season. The Edmonton Oilers figured out Dach’s contract situation over the weekend, agreeing to a two-year pact worth $1.2 million per season for the restricted free agent. Now that business is taken care of, Dach can look…
The Edmonton Oilers would benefit from another Zach Hyman in the lineup, or even an Aleksander Barkov. Every team in the National Hockey League would. But if recent draft choice Rudolfs Berzkalns had his way, the Oilers would get a player with some of those traits. He mentioned both of those players in interviews after…
The Edmonton Oilers have brought back forward Max Jones on a one-year, $850,000 contract, and the 28-year-old believes there is more to accomplish with the team. After re-signing on July 1, Jones said both he and the team have unfinished…
Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Steve Smith comes in at No. 24 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 16 on Brownlee’s original list. Above all else, Steve Smith is best known for the one…
Babcock, hired amid some controversy in Edmonton this offseason, is preaching the need to improve organizational depth. The post Oilers Insider has Suggestion for Mike Babcock appeared first on HEAVY .